Breathly - Just Breathe

Matteo Mazzarolo

About this app

Pause for a minute and try Breathly.
Use Breathly for daily relaxation and breath training: just choose a breathing technique and focus on the guided exercise.

Breathly is free and open source. No ads, no In-App purchases.

Ratings and reviews

Fantastic app! The only thing missing is a vibrate setting for guided breathing so I don't disturb my wife while she sleeps. Maybe if the phone pulses once for in/out, twice for hold, the user can still keep track of the pattern without having to look at the phone or turn on the volume. Or maybe a high frequency pulse for breath in/out and a lower frequency for hold.

I used to use this app and it was my favorite. The auditory cues were the reason. I could let it play with eyes closed and just follow the cues rather than need to watch a bubble. The newest version doesn't play the audio cues for more than the first couple rounds. I was very happy using the bell - it even had different tones for inhale/exhale vs hold! Guess I'll go app shopping but I'm sad because this one was my favorite; it was beautifully simple and had all the essentials.

Excellent app. Ad-free, simple, free. There are quite a few options in terms of lengths of inhale/hold/exhale. You can even set a custom one (something I didn't realize at first!). Things I would improve: The flower/mandala is nice, but hard to gauge. A simple loading bar style option would make it clear how many seconds are left. I found that with the standard 4-4-4-4 default, I wasn't exciting fast enough, so I quickly became out of sync. Hopefully part of my morning and night routine.

What’s new

Here's the biggest Breathly update so far, Breathly v2!
I completely redesigned Breathly's interface from the ground-up, which is essential in order to introduce new features (in the future) that have been requested for ages (pure dark more, saving multiple custom patterns, etc...).
With this update I also implemented a more effective light/dark, and tweaked a couple of settings.
I haven't removed previously existing feature — but I'm open to feedback!
Have a great day!